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Czechs convicted

Wrong catch?

Damselfly species found in Western Ghats named after climate impact on insects

Named Armageddon reedtail after ecological armageddon or insect apocalypse brought on by rampant habitat loss, global warming

Climate change to make pests hungrier, cause more crop loss

Warmer climate will increase the metabolic rate of insects making them devour more crops

Feeding frenzy

14 fly species and 18 species of wasps found living in a single tropical flower, feeding on each other

Beetle's taste for sunflowers alarms experts

Scientists fear the Mexican beetle, introduced to counter the adverse effects of a weed, may destroy the sunflower crop.

The discerning eye of the insect

How do pests select which plants to attack in the field? By smelling odours plants emit, believe most entomologists. But now an alternative …

What drives pesticide use

Study says land simplification has no link to use of pesticide

Bag the bug

Slippery dog bowl better than bait chemicals at killing bed bugs

Bad bug

Pine beetles make water quality dip in North America

Locust repellents

The insect dislikes crops rich in nitrogen and proteins

NEWS SNIPPETS

Bee species are missing, pollination on high risk

Biodiversity: Animals protect humans against diseases

Are pets better therapy than expensive drugs?

New whitefly found in Western Ghats

Great depression of lac

Biggest producer Jharkhand worst hit—and clueless

Climate change kills 98% insects in Puerto Rico’s rainforest: study

This decline will majorly impact the forest plantation and the animals living there

'Ant'ics and antibiotics

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Jurassic age cleaners

125 million-year-old fossil suggests cockroaches ate dinosaur dung

Weaving evidence

Cobwebs can help gauge pollution levels

From the blurbs

Red List Assessment of Indian grasshoppers to kickstart

The assessment will include a recently-discovered grasshopper in Eravikulam National Park in Kerala  

Changes in pattern of water releases from dams can help restore aquatic diversity

A new study shows how dams can be strategically operated to restore lost ecological functions  

Making love in the time of radioactivity

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster has not only affected human beings, but has even drastically changed the lives of worms. Scientists have recently …